Sunday | October 29, 2006

Henry Moore in CaixaForum

I have really thought the Henry Moore exhibition was very interesting. I have understood that his sculptures was created to be integrated into the landscape chosen by the sculptor. This idea was different to previous artists who made their works of art to put in the gardens, on the squares... but not in the middle of fields, even among the sheep. It seems me original and lovely. What’s more, the stuff of the sculptures are right for the place where they are and for the volume.
He was a controversial artist because of his idea about how had to be his sculptures: a reflection about the relation between man and environment. In the same way his drawings are the reflex of his time. I like especially which tell about  people who shelter from the bombs in the underground. 

 

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Sunday | October 22, 2006

About stereotypes

  When I knew I had to write about stereotypes, I believed that I wouldn't like to deal with this subject. It is difficult to speak about how the costumes, the different way of living for a part of the world are prejudices for the other part. Then I thought I could explain that some stereotypes are not true or why, in my opinion, a lot of people agree with them.It is easy to hear that the people from the South of Spain are always happy, they always sing and they never work. What's more, you still can hear that these men and these women are always in the streets without anything to do. Unfortunately, there are other similar cases: Scottish people are mean like Catalan people and also serious.In fact, the weather of Andalucia is very hot in summer and they work early in the morning and late in the evening. If you go to Sevilla you can't see people at midday because they are at home to take shelter. What's more, a long time ago this place was poor because some noble people had huge areas of land and the rest couldn't work. Nowadays the situation is changing.Surely, in Scotland they don't like to pay taxes to the British government. In the same way, in Catalonia that has been a controversial subject: how many euros do the catalans have to pay to the Spanish government? How many euros does Catalonia need to pay for its expenses? Possibly, this is the reason why the Britons and Spaniards (not everyone, fortunately) say that the Catalans and the Scots are mean.On the other hand, there are more and more travellers who have visited several lands and cultures. These people, probably, don't have prejudices about the parts of the world  where they have been.
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